<p>I would pay nothing, math is the easiest one ot self-prepare and it requires customized plan. I would not hire tutor for math section. But I was always willing to help myself. Any parent can, the textbooks and Google all you need to be able to answer the questions for the SAT math which is very elementary level. No need in math background or thousands of hours teaching math. And again, it will not prepare anybody to the college level at all. </p>
<p>Give it a break, Miami. Some folks DO want to hire someone for tutoring. And that doesn’t preclude doing self study as well.</p>
<p>@thumper1: Great question. Assuming the guy taught mathematics to high school kids for SAT math and the general school curriculum.
@GMTplus7: I never said that I’d apply the same rate to US as well.
Thanks y’all!!</p>
<p>It comes down to what the market will bear. You look around and see what others are charging. The lack of experience in teaching, tutoring and results means discounting your price from those who have that. Just because someone has the test scores or a lot of knowledge in a subject does not mean that person is good at imparting it to another. Some great teachers are not more than a level or even less from what they are teaching. I’d go with someone who has a track record of good results even with personal low test scores over a novice whose only qualification is personal high scores High test scores simply means the person tests well on that test and nothing about how he can teach or tutor others. </p>
<p>As a personal example, I taught all of my kids to swim and I cannot swim myself. My kids were national level competitive swimmers, some of them, and strong swimmers, pros actually. Some are great swim instructors, some are not despite personal achievement and excellence. </p>
<p>This is one of those threads where the OP is fishing for someone to voice the answer he already has in mind.</p>
<p>@frazzeledtothecore I agree most test prep centers are geared to that range score but some also offer select tutors to work with higher scoring students. D16 scored 2150 (cr 760 m 710 w 680) on her first SAT. Our primary goal of tutoring is for the PSAT, in practice tests she was getting 228+ but when she took the test PSAT in 10th grade she only scored 214 and historically she needs a 220 here. It will be an added bonus if she can bring her SAT up to 2200+ . I meet with the test center (local not national chain) and went over her SAT and PSAT scores with them so they could match D with a tutor that can get an already good score up to a better score. This particular center works with several students that make National Merit each year. It’s great for the center’s rep if they can meet the needs of the high scoring kids and give them the extra bump that they need.</p>
<p>I would not want to a tutor to come to my house, too may distractions with siblings and animals. I don’t think I would pay for a Skype tutor either, I just don’t think that would work for my kids.</p>
<p>Perhaps it might be a good idea for the OP’s ‘friend’ to start at a test prep center to help build his reputation and learn a bit more about his local needs? The idea to find a need for a niche market is spot on.</p>
<p>"Give it a break, Miami. " - We were asked how much would we pay. so, why my answer of “zero” is inferior to somebody else’s answer? You have your opinion and I have mine, I have no questions, OP does.</p>
<p>@MiamiDAP: Instead of giving an answer along the premise of the question, you’re arguing against it. In my first post, I said “Assume that you have to hire a tutor”. See? If you don’t have to hire a tutor, good for you. I didn’t either, but some people do. And where did @thumper1 say that your answer is inferior to the others’? Probably, he just meant that you shouldn’t be arguing with the premise of my question.</p>
<p>Right! I never questioned the rate of $0. But if someone wants math tutoring, what would be the rate to pay?</p>
<p>If this is a high school student or graduate who has “taught”, I would probably pay less than if it were a seasoned SAT math tutor. The key is that the tutor know how to take the test to maximize scores in addition to helping the student with the necessary content.</p>
<p>Also, as noted above…different markets have different price points. Where I live, a GOOD tutor would be $50 an hour.</p>
<p>@cptofthehouse - I’m wondering how did you teach your kids to swim without knowing how to swim yourself?
I would have thought that would be difficult to do. </p>
<p>@BetterThanBest I think your question is hard to answer because we know so little about the qualifications of your “friend” and in what region he/she might be providing the tutoring services. We did not really use an SAT tutor as my H and I are more than qualified to help with Math and the other test sections my children were fine with. But here is my best guess - If your friend can demonstrate by references that he has a track record of improving scores 300 points or more, then he could waltz into places like NYC, Greenwich, the Main Line of Phila. and areas of California and probably charge whatever he likes. He would most likely find people to pay a very high price for that service. But absent that kind of track record/references the hourly rate would simply be what the market in that area bears - so anything from perhaps $20 to $50 per hour.</p>
<p>@ harvest, OP’s “friend” is in India</p>
<p>When I am looking for a tutor for the SAT or other particular test, and am considering someone for the job, I do ask how the tutor does the job. In this area, there are tutoring systems that offer simulated test conditions on a regular basis, correcting of the test, and then you meet with the tutor offered who goes over the missed answers on the test. Student then retakes another version of the test, as well as the first version of the test and the tutor again goes over the results. To me that is an optimal way of test prep that is time intensive for anyone to do without that infrastructure. I can sit and go over the wrong answers and teach the concepts behind them if the kid is slightly behind, but the actual time testing and correcting is where the issue is test prep. So an isolated tutor is not going to get a whole lot per hour from me. But again, it’s what the market will bear. Around here, there is a lot of competition for these services.</p>
<p>I have a lot of kids, and, yes, I taught them all to swim. I’d take them in the pool with me when they were little, and spend many hours in there with them, getting them comfortable with the water and eventually learning to move independently therein, how to breathe and not to breathe. By the time they were old enough for group swimming lessons, they were all automatically put into the advanced groups as they could easily swim across the pool and only needed work in finessing strokes and learning new strokes and techniques. I know what the movements are needed to swim, but I do them. I also taught my kids to skate even though I can only simply make my way around an ice rink, and again, they skipped the early learning classing in skating when I put them in the rec classes. I don’t play piano either, but gave each of them a jump start on it and on the string instruments too. My one son skipped Latin 1 as we worked on it over the summer and he moved right into the second year–I’ve never taken Latin> Just went through the text book. </p>
<p>My kids did not know I could not swim for many years, and were shocked to discover that. No. I’ve never swum across a pool or even half the width of a standard pool. I cannot skate backwards but can tell you how to do it. and can get into an ice rink with a child and teach him to do it. </p>
<p>"@ harvest, OP’s “friend” is in India"</p>
<p>Oh, so why is he asking us? If he is in India how could he have all that much experience with the SAT? </p>
<p>Wow, @GMTplus7: I’m surprised by how quickly you’ve jumped from one conclusion to another which are as wrong as anything. Where did I say that my “friend” is in India? FWIW, I have no friend who’ll do so and neither will I. I’m just interested in knowing the rates. I
@HarvestMoon1: Please read through all the pages. I have mentioned this countless times that this is a hypothetical situation.</p>
<p>My relative is a tutor who had a masters degree in special Ed, as well as a degree in elementary Ed. She charges $50 per hour or more. She has been tutoring for several decades. Would probably pay a student considerably less. </p>
<p>The most I believe I paid tutors for D was $20-30/hour or so for adults with great recs and experience. </p>
<p>Sheesh…as Thumper said many post ago, I don’t like dealing with a hypothetical. It’s like when kids say “chance me, I have a 1800 SAT but I am expecting a 2300.” Come back and ask the question when you have a real friend that needs to know about tutoring rates. FWIW, my daughter put out to the local high school Latin teacher that she was willing to tutor Latin. She had no tutoring experience at the time. She got a client that she tutored for 4 hrs a week for about 2 months or so…at $60 per hour. She didn’t have ANY tutoring experience, but she had the equivalent of 6 years high school Latin and a degree in Classics. She told the parents of the student if he wasn’t improving she didn’t need for them to spend the money on it. They kept paying. She also is a medschool student so maybe it was presumed she was good FWIW. My point is your 2000 hrs and high math scores is not the bullet test. Can he produce, and what is the market for his services? </p>
<p>With the specific (approximate) # of experienced teaching hours and SAT scores, honestly, its hard to believe this is a hypothetical. If you could be a little more specific and let us know where this person is located (ie what country, not what city necessarily), posters could give a better response. That said, rates in one part of the US will vary from others. There are also people who tutor on line or via skype.</p>
<p>The local economy is what matters. In some areas. $50 an hour would be too high. In others too low, and in others just right. And the track record of the tutor would be considered.</p>
<p>Thumper has it exactly right. Where my husband grew up, tutoring is dirt cheap. Can’t get $10 anhour for it and make much income. One of my MIL’s cousin was quite the gifted teacher, and would tutor for whatever the parent could pay, and it was often a basket of fresh eggs, a dressed goose, tomatoes or fish. You can’t squeeze money out of stone. </p>
<p>Around here, where I live, the demand is high but so is the supply, the quality, the track record and infrastructure. It would be hard to convince a lot of people you are would give more than some tutors out there with proven track records, methods and set ups other than the dining room table and going over each problem with a kid. That wouldn’t be worth much here when there are more sophisticated and targeted ways to test prep. </p>